Tire-armor.



H AUPERL,

TIRE ARMOR. APPLICATION FILED JAELZO, 15H2,

Patented. Aug. 27, 1912.

l f This invention relates topneumatic tires f To all whom tt mayconcern:

HARRY AUPERL, 0F N IEW YORK, N. Y.

rime-Anatole.

Loaders.

Be it known. that', I, HARRY cliuriinii, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the countyoit NewYork and State ot'. New York, have invented -certain new and usefullm'lrovements in Tire-Armor',- ofV which the-` ollowingvfis aspecification, such las .will enable :those skilled in the art to whichit appertains to makev and use the same.

v and particularlyto anti-skidding and anti.

puncture armor for tires of this class, and the object of the inventionis 4to rovide an armor of this class which can e quickly and easilyapplied', which will not injure the Iwheels in any Way and whichoperates tocompletely protect the tire against puncture, and which willalso prevent skidding, and, to an extent, the destruction or wear of thetire in use, and thus continue the lite ot the tire indefinitely or muchbeyond the ordinary life 'of such tires.

The invention is fully disclosed -in the following specification lofwhich the acconi`- panyingdrawings foi-in a part, and in;-

which the separate parts of my improve;4 ment are designated by suitablereference` characters in each of the views, `and fin whichz- I.

Figure 1 is an outside View or a Wheel provided with my improvement,Fig. 2

y a partial cross section thereof, onV the" line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 aside view of a ring which l employ on .the inner side oit' the wheel.Fig. 4 a section on the line 4r-fi in Fig 3. Fig. 5 an outside view of amodiiied form of an armor plate which I employ.

ln the drawings forming part of this speciiicationf I have shown at athe huby ot an ordinary automobile wheel provided with a rim- Zi, a pneuinatic tire o, and in the. practice of my invention I rovide aring dwhich is placed on the insi e of the wheel' and the diameter of which ispreferably less than the diameter of the rim 6,' and which preferablyconsists of two parts connected at d2 by a screw and thumb nut di and.d". I also provide a ring d which is placed outsideof the wheel andwhich is of less diameter than .thei'im b thereof, and which consists oftwo separate disconnected parts (Z5, the' separate parts of said ringbeing separated by a'space ofv two or three inches as shown at al Awhensaid ring is in Specicatoii of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 2"?, 1912,applica-uw inea .January 2o, i912. serial im, 672,359.,

tions .of the separate paits'of the ring d are cross'chains f, andconnected' centrally with the cross chains f are turn buckle devices ,gwhich are connected centrally with the; separate parts of the ring c atg2. The

rturn buckle devices g are connected with the separate parts of the ringal by hook members g3 which engage notches or recesses in 'theoutersurfaces of said parts of saidI ring and the chains f are connected withthe separate parts of the ring d by hooks g4 which engage similarnotches or recesses in said parts of said ring. Ialso vprovide armorplates. la which are approximately rectangular 1n torni and the innersur faces 'of which are concave in cross section,

and said armor plates are providedpn the sides thereof with loop membersliz with which are connected -short chains 2, this connection. beingmade by hooks t2 and the short-chainmeinbers z' are. also connected withthefringsd and e by means of hooks is, and said rings are provided 1nthe inner surfaces With.notches or recesses et which 'are engaged bysaid hooks, saidhooks bei ing composed of lll-shaped 'or loop-shapedmembers, and said notches or recesses being -arranged'in pairs.V Theringedl and le are' preferably made flat or oblong in cross sec tion soas to provide for the notches or recesses t and for the notches orrecesses on the outer surface of the ring Z and which receives the hooksg3 by means of `which the chains f are connected with said ring. Thearmor plates rare also provided on their outer surface with knobs orprojections y' arranged in any desired manner thereon, and the 'objectof which is to prevent skiddiiig. In practice the armor plates it areplaced closely adjacentfbut notl in contact, and enoughof said platesare employed to cover or approximately cover the outer or tread surfacerof the tire c. 1

The object of making the rings al and e of separate parts is to providefor the attachment' of my improvement to a wheel without removing thewheel from the vehicle and for the detachment thereof from the wheelwhen necessary for any purpose. From theforegoing description it will beseen that there is no direct-connection of any -of the parts of myapparatus with the Wheel -Or the spokes or rim thereof. The entire aland e and with the construction herein use. Connected with the oppositeend porn provided the armor plates z will always be held in properposition, or in position for use.

In Fig. 5 of the accompanying drawings I have shown one of the' armorplates /L rovided with -a lraised letter of the alphabet the letter'shownbeing ci, and in practice each orfany desired number of armorplates may be similarly provided with e letter ot the alphabet, and saidletters when used in lthis manner will preventrskidding und muy also beso arranged, when the separate armer plates are secured to the tire, esto forni or print in the surface over which the vehicle passes anadvertisement or other subject matter; and' instead of using/ lettersoi. the alphabet, numerals may be ei'nployed, and in this Way thevehicle as it passes over the ground. or any fotfher surface muy be madeto print its registered number, and this will serve, as will beunderstood, to identify the vehicle, ,or en automobile 'in the Case etan accident or the injury of a person.

'The hooks by/whieh the eli-ins f' ere eonnected with the ring (l or theseperate parte thereof, and 1the hooks by which the turn' buckles g areconnected With said ringe; or the seperate parts thereof, and the hooksby which the armor plates L are Connected with the rings CZ and e areell open hooks and are clenched after the desired Connections are medeand thisis also true of the lieols by which the short chains i ereConnected with said armor plates.

Although I have shown and described the, parts d and e es rings, l muy,if desired` substitute Chains oretfher ilesible devices seid rings, oremploy rings mede of chem' or other flexible devices, and in thi f the:inner plete and attaching chain v, Wil be connected with said. flexiblerings in manner shown and described or in any other suitable Way.

lering fully described my invention, what I oleini es new and. desiresee-nre by Letters llaitent is:-

The herein described antiant-ipuncture attachment for e wheel,comprising rings of less than the wheel placed on the opposi' therent,the ring on the outer :u Wheel being composed et' sepan neeted parts,the separate parts being vided with ero'ss chains" whi. l1 ire ablysecured thereto, provi e thereof with turn buckle devil? @ennemie-d withhe opposire pere thereof, the ring on the inner side f f wheel beingemnposed of separare deteeh ably Connected parte, and armer platesadapted to be 'placed en the trezidsnr im ot the tire and to beConnected with rings, substantially es shown, ene described. Glenn trie'toreeing; as

KVln testimony that my invention l here signed my n presence of .thesnbseribing Witnesses Hlth dej-,f ei Januari/uli? v 'in lifnesses:

C. E. MULREANY,

